Summary
In Locusta migratoria, the major pathway from descending deviation detectors (DDNs; preceding paper, Hensler 1992) to wing motoneurons involves a population of thoracic interneurons (TINs). Nine TINs are characterized which receive input from cervical proprioreceptors. Responses to the combination of exteroreceptive input (signalling course deviation) and proprioreceptive input (monitoring movement and position of the head) are described and compared to those of DDNs to the same stimuli.
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Abbreviations
- AP :
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action potential
- DDN :
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descending deviation detector neuron
- TCG :
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tritocerebral giant neuron
- TIN :
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thoracic interneuron
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Hensler, K. Neuronal co-processing of course deviations and head movements in locusts. J Comp Physiol A 171, 273–284 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00188934
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